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Video Embarrassed the Radio Star (Was: Bolts)

From: stev0@sti.com (Steve Berlin)
Date: Mon, 7 Oct 1991 06:18:24 -0700
Subject: Video Embarrassed the Radio Star (Was: Bolts)
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After I saw the video for Army Dreamers, I knew what the sound was.  But
until then, I always thought it was the sound of a slide projector...
This mistake gives the song a very different visual imagry (which, of
course, after seeing the video a few times, I no longer have, which is
a pity, because I like my imagry of the song better than Kate's
embarrassing little romp through the woods).

Which brings up another thought:  Except for the HoL-era videos, IMHO
Kate's videos can't really be judged by "better" and "worse", only by
"not quite as embarrassing" and "really embarrassing" (TD and N4E-era
ones fall into the first KaTegory, for the most part, while most of
the rest squarely fall into the second).  OK, many folk's pre-eMpTy Vee
videos seem "lame" by our jaded standards, but you'ld think KaTe, of
all folks, would know better...

-Stev0
When will KaTe tour?  Sometime right after the Republicans vote to
cut defense spending, Wilson Phillips comes out with a good album, and
folks line up for blocks to see "Ishtar II"